Stop for pedals



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S. T. WHITE.

STOP FOR PEDALS.

No. 407,269. Patented July 16, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL T. \VHITE, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

STOP FOR PEDALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,269, dated July 16,1889.

Application filed March 22, 1889. Serial No. 304,312. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. WHITE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New Yorlc,have invented new and useful Improvements in Stops for Pedals, of whichthe following is a specification.

This-invention relates to a stop for pedals adapted for use on pianos,organs, and other musical instruments, and by means of this inventionthe pedal can be readily put into or out of action, as set forth in thefollowing specification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pedal, parts beingin section along :0 .CU, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a section along y 3 Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a Fig. t is a view similar toFig. 2, with partsina differentposition than in Fig.2.

Siinilarletters indicate corresponding parts.

I11 the drawings, the letter A indicates a pedalsuch as a damper-pedalor swell-pedal. NV'hen the pedal A is depressed, the stop I3 swings byits Weight about the pivot or joint C, from the position shown in Fig. 4to the position shown in Fig. 2, thus locking the pedal A in itsdepressed position.

To release the pedal A, the releasing-pedal D is depressed, thusswinging the bell-crank E F about the pivot or fulcrum G, so that thelink H moves the stop B clear of the pedal A, Fig. 4. The spring I thenmoves the pedal A back to its starting-point. The releasingpedal D isrestored to its starting-point by the spring K.

IVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a pedal, of a stop

